Bundle of Joy

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Tammy Padron, traveling nurse with National Nursing &amp; Rehab, checks the heart rate of Joy Jazmin Orozco. Padron will visit Joy three times a week for a while to make sure the premature baby is not experiencing medical complications.

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Elizabeth Pineda, oldest sister of Joy Jazmin Orozco, watches her sister after getting out of school Tuesday as Dalilah Rivera (right) catches a glimpse of her newest cousin. The homecoming of Joy Jazmin was a special moment for a family that had experienced uncertainty over the past three months because of the extreme premature birth.

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Brandy Correa, aunt to Joy Jazmin Orozco, kisses the tiny hand of her niece earlier this week at her sister's home. Correa exclaimed the reunion with Joy was "long overdue" since she hadn't been able to see her face to face until Monday because of the baby's constant hospitalization.

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Amanda Pineda, 9, has her little sister, Joy Jazmin Orozco, grasp the tip of her finger Tuesday at their home. It was one of the first interactions the siblings had together after Joy was born extremely premature on Jan. 20. The baby had been at Methodist Children's Hospital in San Antonio after being airlifted immediately after birth.

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Veronica Carrillo (left) ogles her granddaughter, Joy Jazmin Orozco, as some of her other 17 grandchildren, Sierra Rivera (from left to right), Veronica Correa and Elizabeth Pineda, stand by with Joy's aunt Anna Rivera. Joy has to be constantly connected to a respiratory machine so the pressure can keep her lungs open and monitor her heart rate.

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Veronica Carrillo holds her granddaughter, Joy Jazmin Orozco, as her daughters Anna Rivera and Elisa Orozco look on. Orozco, Joy's mother, has endured 200-mile trips to San Antonio the past three months to be by her baby's side at Methodist Children's Hospital. She is relieved Joy was cleared to come home so the family could be together.

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Veronica Carrillo, grandmother of Joy Jazmin Orozco, has writing on the back of her van exclaiming her joy that her granddaughter was on her way home after being hospitalized in San Antonio for three months after her birth.